Susan sees signs of the dawning of the Age of Aquarius... According to astrologer Shelley von Strunckel, 2013 will be a ‘year of hope’ – though not necessarily for men. Women are becoming more powerful, and this year will be a ‘tipping point’ in our bid for supremacy. It’s not just ... Read More...
Art
Susan Muncey has been delighting us since The Dabbler's inception with her Saturday Retroprogressive column, which brought to light all manner of curious and wonderful developments in the world of style and design. But what we really want to read about, of course, is Susan herself and her life as ... Read More...
If the summer holiday is the 'silly season', the Christmas break surely has to be the 'shopping season': A celebration of something sacred transformed into a festival of greed and degenerate gift-grabbing. Whilst out battling Christmas shoppers the other day, I was just about to pay for yet more wrapping paper, ... Read More...
In our part of the world, most of us reach middle age without ever seeing a dead body, making death a subject of fascination. Death is just out of reach, yet it affects us all – it is both universal and indiscriminate. Death – A Self-Portrait, the new exhibition at ... Read More...
In the strange world where art meets fashion, teeth currently have the curiosity factor. Emma Montague’s jaw bone spectacle arms add a certain je ne sais quoi to plain old sunglasses. Friction can be found where luxury meets decay and the refined becomes raw. As raw remnants collide with smooth surfaces, hybrid ... Read More...
In this bulletin from Norbiton, Toby examines the place of teeth in the art of fifteenth century Italy and Northern Europe... I have come to realise that if I am to make any real progress on my much anticipated, much delayed History of Whistling, I will first have to address the ... Read More...
I finally got around to visiting the ArtHAUS show at Vyner Street’s Execution Room (running until 30th June). It was the second of the First Thursday private view evenings so drinks were thrown in, which eased the pain of travelling to far-flung E2 on such a filthy night. The show is ... Read More...
An old photograph leads Worm to go poking around an old scrapyard in search of the possible inspiration for a twentieth century masterpiece... Last week I happened upon this photograph of WW2 Blitz wreckage (click on it to enlarge - it's from this terrific set of photos), and immediately wondered if ... Read More...
Judging by the queues at the Saatchi Gallery, and the liberal sprinkling of orange dots already placed on exhibits, crafty customers were out in force on the first day of the Collect craft fair (which runs until Monday). Billed as the ‘international art fair for contemporary objects’, the applied art on ... Read More...
Guest art reviewer Sophie Whenham admires a revival of traditional drawing techniques amongst some young British artists... A recent article by Jonathan Jones entitled Get up and demand better British art prompted me to think about the contemporary art scene: for many people, so much of it is inaccessible, incomprehensible and unoriginal. And the hysteria surrounding some exhibitions ... Read More...
